The Animal By-Products Order 1999

Approval and operation of laboratories

16.—(1) The appropriate Minister shall approve laboratories under this article to carry out one or more of the tests in this article if he is satisfied that they have the necessary facilities, personnel and operating procedures to do so.

(2) In deciding whether to grant or continue an approval, the appropriate Minister may require the laboratory to successfully undertake any quality control tests as he shall reasonably think fit.

(3) The operator of a laboratory approved under this article carrying out tests on material submitted to him in accordance with this Order shall do so in accordance with this article.

(4) A test for Clostridium perfringensshall be carried out in accordance with the method in Part II of Schedule 3 or (if specified in the approval) with a method which conforms with ISO 7937/1985 (BS 5763: Part 9: 1986 (1998) (Enumeration of Clostridium perfringens)(1).

(5) A test for Salmonella shall be carried out in accordance with one of the methods in Part III of Schedule 3 or (if specified in the approval) with a method which conforms with—

(a) ISO 6579/1993 (BS 5763: Part 4: 1993) (Detection of Salmonella)(2);

(b) BS EN-12824: 1998 (Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella)(3); or

(c) NMKL 71: 1993(4).

(6) A test for Enterobacteriaceaeshall be carried out in accordance with the method in Part IV of Schedule 3 or (if specified in the approval) with a method which conforms with ISO 7402/1993 (BS5763: Part 10: 1993) (Enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae)(5).

(7) The operator of a laboratory approved under this article shall forthwith notify the appropriate Minister for the rendering plant, and the operator of the rendering plant, in the event of tests establishing that the material does not comply with the microbiological standards in article 3(2).

(8) The operator of a laboratory approved under this article shall notify the appropriate Minister for the laboratory on the last day of every month of the number, type and results of tests carried out.

(1)

Published by the British Standards Institute, British Standards House, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL.

(2)

Published by the British Standards Institute; see above.

(3)

Published by the British Standards Institute; see above.

(4)

Published by the Nordic Committee on Food Analysis, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Food and Hygiene, PO Box 8156, N-0033, Oslo, Norway.

(5)

Published by the British Standards Institute; see above.